£ s. d.

Let the following be divided in one line, as in simple division

30)47 3 9

20)445 15 0

By the foregoing rules we are enabled to multiply any compound quantity by a mixed number, first multiplying by the integral part of the multiplier, adding thereto the quotient arising from the division of the product of the multiplicand and numerator, by the denominator of the fractional part, or by adding to the first product, such parts of the multiplicand as the fractional part may be of an unit of the integral part of the multiplier.

PRACTICAL QUESTIONS IN ADDITION.

1. ADD together £45 +94 + £37 + £53 + £101 2. Add together £147 + 695 + 1127 + 150 + 77.

3. Bought 9 pieces of linen, containing as follows, viz.Nos. 1, 4 and 9, 25 yards each, Nos. 2, 3 and 8, 28 yards each, and Nos. 5, 6 and 7, 29 yards each; how many yards in all? 4. Troy was taken 1184 years before the birth of Christ; how long is that before this present year, 1824.

5. Euclid the geometrician was born about 297 years before the christian era; how many years is it since?

6. Suppose I was born in the year 1781; in what year will I be 47 years of age?

7. The mean distance between the planet Jupiter and the Sun, is computed to be four hundred and twenty-six millions of miles; that of Saturn seven hundred and eighty millions; what is the distance between these planets in opposition?

8. The mean distance between the earth and sun being 81 millions of miles, and between the earth and moon, two hundred and forty thousand; what is the distance between the sun and moon in a lunar eclipse?

9. There are two numbers, the greater exceeds the less by 27, the less is 69; required the greater and the sum of both? 10. The less of two numbers is 9709, the difference between them 1192; what is the greater?

11. If from Dublin to Naas be 14 miles, thence to Castledermot 19, from Castledermot to Carlow 5, from Carlow to Kilkenny 18, thence to Clonmel 24, thence to Kilworth 23, and from Kilworth to Cork 18; how many miles from Dublin to Cork;

12. If from the creation of the world to the flood was 1650 years, thence to the vocation of Abraham 427, from that period to the founding of the temple 1010, from that to the foundation of Rome 266, thence to the birth of Christ 752, and since 1823; how long is it since the creation ?

13. What day of the year was the 27th of September1804? 14. What day of the year was the 21st day of June 1763? 15. A man travelling from Cork to Belfast, goes the first day 41 miles, the second day 42 miles, the third day 38 miles, the fourth 43 miles, and was then within 39 miles of Belfast; how many miles is Cork from Belfast ?